Persons seeking employment in this area must also have good vision for detail and must be able to endure long hours of standing, as surgical procedures can be as long as 10 hours. ... At this time they must feel confident enough in the procedure assigned and performed, and in some cases, realize that a patient dying may not be their fault. ... The main duty of a General Surgeon is to be able to perform the necessary surgical procedures on patients when necessary. ... Pediatric surgeons deal primarily with delicate surgical procedures performed on children. ... Each surgical area is of equa...

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Adamson, goes on to explain that more than 25 million surgical procedures goes on every year. The author says "the anesthesia you receive depends on your condition and the procedure you"re undergoing." ...

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Innovative medical procedures, treatments, and cures for numerous illnesses have been discovered as a result of constant advancements in technology. ... It is very obvious that surgical survival rates are much higher now than they have ever been. ... Other examples of innovative medical procedures are: laser eye surgery, muscle and joint surgery and reconstructive surgery. ... Researchers are constantly searching for treatments and procedures for illnesses that do not have cures. ...

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These documents prove that the Egyptians had a significant understanding of medical practices and show "records of over eight hundred medical procedures and remedies making use of over six hundred drugs and a vast array of surgical tools" (http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/ancientegyptianmedicine.htm). ... The two other famous and elaborate papyri focus more on surgical cases and internal medical treatments. ... In the records it discusses over 48 surgical cases of wounds of the head, neck, shoulders, breast and chest. ... This papyri is chiefly an internal medicine guide with refrences to d...

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Attempts to treat mental illness date back to as early as 5000 BCE as evidenced by the early discovery of surgically altered skulls by early Christians. ... It was definitely not a sterile procedure, as sterile technique was not implemented until the early 19th century. ... Some of the people who underwent this stone aged procedure survived, but most perished from infection due to lack of sterile instruments. ...

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Have you ever felt scared of what life will be like after graduating from high school? If you will even be able to graduate from high school? Do you ever think about yourself and if you're actually capable of making an impact in society? Well there is someone who did not think about what it would t...

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This lead to fairly gruesome procedures. ... The lack of anesthesia made the procedure extremely horrific. ... The procedure was very simple. ... Undoubtedly, the ideology and procedures used to treat an army were extremely gruesome, yet the surgeons showed fairly decent survival rates which was the ultimate goal. ... This is proven by the importance of herbal home remedies for a family to the uneducated, self-proclaimed surgeons and traditional ideologies to the gruesome surgical procedures on the battlegrounds. ...

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This lead to fairly gruesome procedures. ... The lack of anesthesia made the procedure extremely horrific. ... The procedure was very simple. ... Undoubtedly, the ideology and procedures used to treat an army were extremely gruesome, yet the surgeons showed fairly decent survival rates which was the ultimate goal. ... This is proven by the importance of herbal home remedies for a family to the uneducated, self-proclaimed surgeons and traditional ideologies to the gruesome surgical procedures on the battlegrounds. ...

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The same tests are performed on every medical procedure that is introduced to surgeons. ... They are burnt, scalded, poisoned and starved, given electric shocks and addicted to drugs, they are subjected to near freezing temperatures, reared in total darkness from birth and deliberately inflicted with disease like arthritis, cancer, diabetes, oral infections, stomach ulcers, syphilis, herpes and AIDS, (Sharpe, 13) they also have there eyes surgically removed, their brains damaged and the bones broken. ...

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Afterwards, I secured a position at Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center, my local hospital, as a volunteer in the Medical/Surgical department. Slightly unsatisfied that I could not actually examine surgeries from a safe distance, serve as an aid in an actual surgery, or partake in any serious medical procedure, I did the best I could to gather knowledge while performing my meager job of passing out refreshments and providing fresh linens to patients in the hospital rooms. ...

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During the Elizabethan Era, the Bubonic plague, Typhus, Malaria, Syphilis, and Smallpox, were some very new and extremely dangerous diseases to the people in Europe. These diseases resulted in many deaths and injuries. They needed to slow down or cure these diseases before they wiped out England. So...

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Historical events and individuals play a significant role in how the future is shaped. The ones that have the most impact are the ones that can still be applied to the present. In the present day, many events and individuals will be remembered, such as the 9/11 tragedy, Boston Marathon bombing and t...

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